Chicago: U.S. Army’s CERV puts a machine gun on a "green" military vehicle
that we couldn’t even find a picture of the U.S. Army’s Clandestine Extended Range Vehicle (CERV), but times have changed.
At the 2012 , the Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) displayed the CERV, which uses a diesel-hybrid “” powertrain from that Quantum says, “saves taxpayer dollars and – most importantly – saves Soldiers’ lives.”
With a top speed of 80 miles per hour and a “run-silent” range of eight miles (we assume this means all-electric range), the CERV prototype can produce over 5,000 pound-feet of torque and go up hills with up to 60-percent grades. It does all this while using 25 percent less fuel, which is critical when you have to to use the stuff in theater.
The Army says that . In World War II, it was one gallon a day.
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